Merel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Merel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 192 people carried this name — #95,115 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 182 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,006 people named Merel.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Ille-et-Vilaine 298
Loire-Atlantique 149
Paris 76
Meurthe-et-Moselle 57
Moselle 33
Savoie 30
Somme 28
Eure-et-Loir 27

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 56 people named Merel live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 33
City of Buenos Aires 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Merel in American newspapers,
1893–1919.

Newspaper page from The Record-union carrying the name Merel
The Record-union 1893-12-29
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Merel
The San Francisco Call 1895-06-07
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Merel
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1919-09-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,133 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Merel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Michel Merel 1943– · politician
  • Michel Merel 1952– · politician
  • Loïc Merel 1965– · mathematician
  • Maryline Mérel 1982– · politician
  • Sylvain Merel 1983– · researcher

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Merel.

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